Edaravone attenuates cerebral ischemic injury by suppressing aquaporin-4

• Main Authors: Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Salunya Tancharoen, Fumiyo Matsuda, Kamal Krishna Biswas, Takashi Ito, Yoko Morimoto, Yoko Oyama, Kazunori Takenouchi, Naoki Miura, Noboru Arimura, Yuko Nawa, Xiaojie Meng, Binita Shrestha, Shinichiro Arimura, Masahiro Iwata, Kentaro Mera, Hisayo Sameshima, Yoshiko Ohno, Ryuichi Maenosono, Yutaka Tajima, Hisaaki Uchikado, Terukazu Kuramoto, Kenji Nakayama, Minoru Shigemori, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Teruto Hashiguchi, Ikuro Maruyama, Ko ichi Kawahara
• Other Authors: Division of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27094
• Institution: Mahidol University

Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) plays a role in the generation of post-ischemic edema. Pharmacological modulation of AQP4 function may thus provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of stroke, tumor-associated edema, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and other disorders of the central nervous system...